philology of music
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COMBINED METHODS TO STUDY COLLABORATION, CO-CREATION AND COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE DIGITAL MUSIC ERA. THREE CASE STUDIES BETWEEN ORAL HISTORY AND SOURCE CRITICISM
In my recent article COMBINED METHODS TO STUDY COLLABORATION, CO-CREATION AND COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE DIGITAL MUSIC ERA. THREE CASE STUDIES BETWEEN ORAL HISTORY AND SOURCE CRITICISM, I give a theoretical frame and contextualization of my research method, which I developed to study various aspects of music with new technologies (sound-based art). The combination of…
Academic, Andrea Valle, archives, Clara Iannotta, Collaborative Art, Combined method to study electroacoustic music, computer music, Fausto Romitelli, Interviews, Laurent Pottier, Live-Electronic Music, Mauro Lanza, Musical Assistant, Notation in Electroacoustic Music, Oral History, philology of music, sources for the study of electronic music, Tracking the Creative Process in Music -
What can we deduce from the composers’ personal archives?
What do archives tell us about the person who has collected and organised (or disorganised) them over the years, about their own creative process, about their ‘workshop’? In this book (just published) “XENAKIS – BACK TO THE ROOTS. Philological Approaches to Electroacoustic Music” edited by Reinhold Friedl, Thomas Grĭll, Nikolaus Urbanek, and Michelle Ziegler, I…
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A history of the first computer sound spatialization system: John Chowning’s investigations at Stanford University (1962-1972)
Atmos? Spatial Audio? Immersive sound? Where did it all begin?Digital sound spatialisation systems for music, cinema, videogames, VR or portable systems, would not exist without John Chowning’s algorithm.François-Xavier Féron and I are delighted to have reconstructed the “History of the first computer sound spatialisation system: John Chowning’s investigations at Stanford University (1962-1972)” published in the…
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In hoc signo vinces by Angelo Paccagnini and Eugenio Carmi – Symposium and Concert, November 9th 2024
Posthumous discoveries of unknown and never performed musical works always represent, in the eyes of researchers and the public, a valuable opportunity for new biographical readings and new interpretative scenarios. In hoc signo vinces (1976) is a score-catalogue discovered by archivist Carlotta Ghiretti at the archives of Eugenio Carmi (1920-2016, one of the protagonists of…
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My keynote @TENOR 2024 conference (Zurich ZHdK)
Overjoyed that my keynote “Unexplored Archives, Philology and Real People – How to study ‘sound-based art’ through sketches (design thinking, embryonic projects, first meetings, software programming)”, at the TENOR 2024 conference – International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation, is now online. 2024: 4 April: Full video (my keynote and other talks): https://vimeo.com/930542621 Abstract: My presentation considers…
Analysis of Sound Design Practices, archives, Collaborative Art, CSC, Ircam, John Chowning, Music and Technology, Musical Assistant, Notation in Electroacoustic Music, Oral History, philology of music, Pioneers of electronic music, Sound Art, sound design, sound engineer, SOundNOiseMUsic, sources for the study of electronic music, Spectral music, Technology and Society, Teresa Rampazzi, Tracking the Creative Process in Music, women and music -
My keynote speech at the XXIII CIM Colloquio di Informatica Musicale
Last Thursday (October 27) I gave a keynote speech at the XXIII CIM Colloquio di Informatica Musicale in Ancona: “The Computer Instrument: mixed methods to study past, present and future between archives, lost sources and oral history”. I was also able to admire the instruments on display from the Museo del Synth Marchigiano and from…
archives, collaboration, Collaborative Art, Composers & Artists, computer music, Interviews, John Chowning, Live-Electronic Music, Luigi Nono, musicaelettronica.it, Musical Assistant, Oral History, philology of music, sources for the study of electronic music, Technology and Society, Tracking the Creative Process in Music -
Computer Sounds in Luigi Nono’s Prometeo
As part of my research on collaborative creativity, on the music-technology relationship, and on the role of computer music designers / musical assistants, I studied the genesis of the computer sounds used in Luigi Nono’s Prometeo, generated with Giuseppe (Peppino) di Giugno’s 4i workstation.My paper “The Use of Technology in Revolutionary Perspective. Computer Music Research…
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A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES #3 | ITALIAN ARCHIVES
Preservation and Electroacoustic Heritage in Italy: this is the focus of my third article for the blog http://www.musicaelettronica.it/ (dedicated to the sources in electronic music). Italy is home to outstanding electracoustic music stories and centers. With this contemporary grand tour I am bringing my readers on a quick journey throughout Italy to visit the most famous…
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A history of first encounters between Spectralists and Sound Researchers
My talk “Behind the official literature. A history of first encounters between Spectralists and Sound Researchers” is now online. Link to video: https://medias.ircam.fr/embed/media/x8a75e6 It is a recognized fact that studies such the ones developed by Jean-Claude Risset [2], John Chowning [2] and Joseph Fourier [3] on psychoacoustic, synthesis and sound representation, have opened the door to the development…
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e-book: Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study
The digital edition of our book Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study is now available on the main online stores. Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study Edited by Friedemann Sallis, Valentina Bertolani, Jan Burle, Laura Zattra, Routledge, 2018. On Amazon.com and on Routledge.com Contents (340 pages) Introduction (FRIEDEMANN SALLIS, VALENTINA BERTOLANI, JAN BURLE AND LAURA ZATTRA) Part I Composition 1…










